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I feel like having an incredibly esoteric scientific-statement-title.
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Solly!
Just thought you guys should know.
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If I recall correctly, it's not actually air in the bulb, but some kind of gas.
I actually clicked the spoiler and became disappointed before I realized what you were doing.
Actually, light bulbs have gas in them, just not oxygen. It's the arc between the two separating filaments that you see that causes the blue spark.
Huh, I did not know that...misconception corrected...
Ah! So I guess the gas it what causes it to be blue, then? Kinda like how certain gases make electrical charges that pass through to be certain colors? [I'm pretty sure...like those little Van de Graaf generators, I think...and neon lights...at least, that's what I remember being told in the past]
Cool! Another thing to add to my random information brain library.
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Scientific tip: Air is composed entirely of gases. You are contradicting yourself.
Dammit. I meant "gasses not typically found in a standard sample of household air", then. Now i'm going to look it up.
[edit] Aha!
"Normal" lightblub: "a gas such as argon and/or nitrogen."
"A halogen lamp also uses a tungsten filament, but it is encased inside a much smaller quartz envelope. Because the envelope is so close to the filament, it would melt if it were made from glass. The gas inside the envelope is also different -- it consists of a gas from the halogen group. These gases have a very interesting property: They combine with tungsten vapor. If the temperature is high enough, the halogen gas will combine with tungsten atoms as they evaporate and redeposit them on the filament. This recycling process lets the filament last a lot longer. In addition, it is now possible to run the filament hotter, meaning you get more light per unit of energy. You still get a lot of heat, though; and because the quartz envelope is so close to the filament, it is extremely hot compared to a normal light bulb."
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Okay, so I didn't know about nitrogen being a part of the gas mixture in a "standard" bulb...I think I'd heard it was argon. Solly!
Actually, I'd just be guessing, but I think that it's blue because of the high amount of energy being released when the filament breaks. The same gas would probably be a different color if it were put in a neon light.
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You will never be a scientist, Prox. I am sorry.
Don't pin this on me, you stupid weasel
Science! Quiz!
Which would freeze faster, a boiled pot of water or a pot of tap water?
How many mice does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Just two, but don't ask me how they got there.
How many psychiatrists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Just one, but the bulb has to want to change.
Well a boiled pot of water wouldn't have anything in it. A pot of water that is boiling would be something else.
Now are you thinking about the water vapor in the air freezing? because of the increased surface area it might cool down and freeze faster.
Is this cheating?
Look, pedantic semantics is my shtick, get your own.
By pot of boiled water, I mean a pot full of water that has been boiled
Seriously guys if this ends up being a science thread I will be so happy.
So many informations!
But if the water has been boiled, there's no telling what temperature it's at right now. I mean, if you had some ice cubes in the fridge, they may have come from water that has been boiled.
Basically this is the type of question that can never be answered with one answer due to the number of different variables at work in the cooling of water.
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On that note, stop being interesting, people I need to get to bed early so I don't fuck up and sleep in again. I'm still kicking myself for this morning.
That's what I was trying to say, damn my words.
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